Half to william schreiner



(No Model.)

J. M. SEB'OLD. IRONING BOARD.

No. 400,799 Patented Apr. 2,1889.

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ATTORNEYS.

NITED STATES PATENT Fiucn.

JOHN M. SEBOLD, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TOYVILLIAM SCHREINER, OF SAME PLACE.

lRONlNG-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 400,799, dated April 2,1889.

Application filed July '7, 1888. Serial No. 279,283. (No model.)

T 0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN M. SEBOLD, a subj ect of the King of Bavaria,and aresident of the city and county of Philadelphia, State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement inIroning-Boards, which improvement is fully set forth in the followingspecification and accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in ironing-boards; and it consistsof the mechanism described and claimed for firmly and reliably securingthe board in place.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of an ironing-board embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 represents a bottom plan view thereof.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the twofigures.

Referring to the drawings, A represents an ironing-board of usual formand construction. Secured to the under side of the board near one endthereof are ears B, to which is pivoted a forked or bifurcated clamp, 0,one end of which has noses a, for engagement with a ledge, 12, on theWall of an apartment, and the other end has a heel, b, for engagementwith the edge a of the head D of a lever, E, which is pivoted to theunder side of the table, it being seen that theclamp C has a horizontalaxis and the lever has a vertical axis. Consequently the clamp iscapable of vertical motions and the lever of lateral or horizontalmotions. The edge a of the head is spirallyedge thehead is preventedfrom slipping or 5 returning to its first position.

By applying proper force to the lever it may be rotated, so as torelieve the clamp of the pressure of the head D, whereby the hold of theclamp on the ledge is released and the ta- Me may be removed.

The outer end of the table may be susv tained on a prop, as shown.

It is evident that the ledge may be secured to an upright and the latterconnected with a base, as shown in dotted lines, this construction beingdesirable where a ledge may not be conveniently attached to a wall.

\Vhen the table is removed, it will be found that the clamp and leveroccupy small space on the under side thereof.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

l. The clamp C, with a nose and heel, and

the tightening-lever E, having a spirallycurved and serrated edge, 0,said parts being combined substantially as described.

2. An ironing-board having ears on the under side thereof, a forkedclamp pivoted in said ears and having two noses adapted to engage asupporting-ledge and provided with a heel, and a rotary lever with ahead having inclined and serrated contact-face, said parts beingcombined substantially as described.

J. M. SEBOLD.

Witnesses:

WM. N. MOORE, JOHN A. WIEDERsHEIM.

